Pappy Boyington
#otd VMF-214 Commanding Officer, Major Gregory Boyington, gives pre-flight instructions to his pilots, at Turtle Bay Fighter Strip,...
Orion the Hunter
#otd P-3B 151170 of VP-17 keeping an eye on a Kynda Class Soviet Cruiser off Hawaii, 11 September 1974. #p3 #p3b #p3orion #orionthehunter...
JATO
We are often asked about JATO, there is no better example with Fat Albert with Blue Angels executing a Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO), this...
Herc and Whales
Look back (1991) to a Navy Herc with two EA-3B from VQ-2 flying behind during flight operations near Gibraltar. #c130 #herclegacy #ea3b...
Hornet Roll-Out
#otd F-18A 160775 the first prototype Hornet was rolled out photo, at St. Louis, Missouri, 11 September 1978. #f18 #f18hornet #fa18...
San Francisco to Honolulu (1925)
In September 1925 Commander Rodgers in command of a PN-9 aircraft attempted a nonstop flight from San Francisco to Honolulu. He was...